布隆迪 (Bù lóng dí) — Burundi | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Burundi

Examples

布隆迪。
Tā qù nián qù le Bù lóng dí lǚ yóu.
He went to Burundi for travel last year.
布隆迪。
Bù lóng dí Shì fēi zhōu dōng bù de yí gè guó jiā.
Burundi is a country in East Africa.
布隆迪。
Wǒ zuì jìn zài xīn wén lǐ tīng dào guān yú Bù lóng dí de xiāo xi.
I recently heard news about Burundi.

Origin

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters carry no meaning of their own here; together they spell Burundi.

Sound-only characters

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīnkerchief

Sound part声符shēngfú

父

父fù布bù

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

布 pairs 巾, a kerchief, with 父 as a sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

降

降jiàng隆lóng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape of 隆 is made from 生 and 降, with 降 giving the sound; an older part was later dropped.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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